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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,383 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 58 of 70

Commercial Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 10

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report under date October 27th : At our sale to-day we submitted 4066 bales, which included clips from…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—“Catalogues opening of Brisbane wool sales embraced…

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Wheat Grading New Legislation. Silo Wheat Must Graded.be

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 5

Every farmer in New South Wales who delivers his wheat into the Government elevators will be vitally affected by the Wheat Bill, 1926, which…

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Wheat Bulk Handling Invention

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 9

Messrs. Frank Adams and R. Fisher, two well-known residents of Greenethorpe, have taken out a patent for what promises to be a very useful…

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On the Land. Pastoral the Country Problem What’s Wrong?

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 3

Official figures from 1910-24—latest official figures available—for New South Wales, show a decline of 2,469 in the men employed in rural…

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Wheat “Heavier Yields.” Early-sown Do Best

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 8

Reports of a reassuring nature for heavier wheat yields generally than last season in the western and southern divisions have been received by…

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Queensland Wheat Fixed at 8/- a Bushel

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 1

At a meeting of the Queensland State Wheat Board, the price to purchasers for new season’s wheat was fixed 8/ a bushel, with a proviso…

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Wheat Freight Rumored Increase 1d Per Bushel Likely

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 5

Following upon the request made to the Minister for Railways by the Commissioners for an increase in fares and freights it is believed that…

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Bulk Handling of Grain a Cowra Farmer's Method

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 11

Not all the wheat growers of New South Wales have the advantage of being able to deliver their wheat in bulk to a silo. For instance, there is…

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Condobo[?]n Experiment Farm Annual Field Day

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 10

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Farmer's Opinion Time Have Changed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 9

In giving an address at the Singleton conference of the Agricultural Bureau on "Fodder Crops and Dairying Districts," Mr. L. Evans, of Dap[?]o,…

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Will Farmers Say "Yes"?

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) states that, in order that wheatgrowers may have an opportunity of expressing their views…

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Wheat and Wool Loading Railway Stations

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

Parkes heads the list of loading stations for wheat with 432,000 bags. Condobolin, with 29,000 bales, leads in wool, followed by Bourke with…

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Receiving Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

Mr. G. A. Pymont wilt be receiving wheat at Forbes and district for the Farmers and Graziers Co operative Co. for pool storing, or buying…

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Narromine’s Splendid Wheat Harvest

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 4

All over the Narromine and surrounding districts, the outlook for some exceptionally good wheat crops to good Hay-making is well in…

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Wool Sales Resumed in Sydney 165,000 Bales (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 1

Wool sales were resumed in Sydney to-day, and will proceed without interruption till December 1, during which period 165,000 bales will be…

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Crop Competitions Report from Mr. E. S. Clayton Mr. D. Bolte's Crop Eulogised

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

The following interesting report from [?]. E. S. Clayton, of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, has been handed us for publication by Mr. T…

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R.A.S. ChampionShip. Crop Competition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 4

Air T. A. Smith, Secretary of the [?]al Show Association, has been dvised that Mr Stening, Chief In[?]tor of Agriculture, will be here on…

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News and Notes Shock for Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 4

A request made to the Government by the railway Commissioners will come as a shock to the farmers The Commissioners asked for…

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Farmers Field Day At Experiment Farm a Large GATHERING.[Continued from front page]

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 3

than Federation and promises to yield well this year. Wandilla (Federation x Yandilla King): Shorter in the straw and…

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